Webbing attachment.



A. V. BROWN.

WEBBING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 24, 1911.

1,067,302. Patented July 15, 1913.

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ARNOLD V. BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO KABO COR-SET COMPANY,OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WEBIBING ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARNOLD V. Bnown, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use fulImprovements in WVebbing Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to a slotted plate which is adapted to beused with webbing or similar fabric for the purpose of holding one endof the webbing in proper place solely by frictional engagement.

The objects of the invention are, to provide a plate to which thewebbing can be secured in a manner to prevent movement of the webbingwith respect to the plate, and to enable the securance of the webbing tothe plate without the use of stitching, penetrating prongs, etc.; and toarrange the plate with a depending ear or tongue, which will enable thesecurance of a garment supporter or other desired attachment thereto,thus eliminating the usual supplemental link member ordinarily employedfor this purose.

A further object of the invention is to use a plate made of pliablemetal, whereby Whenstrain is exerted upon the fabric the plate will bendand configure itself so as to tighten the hold of the plate upon thefabric and thus increase the frictional engagement between the fabricand the plate, to prevent the pulling out of the end of the fabric, andthe consequent disengagement of the fabric from the plate.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a device of thenature described, which is cheap and simple of construction, and whichwhen in use will have a neat and. symmetrical appearance.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a suspending strap,having the plate of the present invent on attached thereto; Fig. 2, averticalsection on an enlarged scale, showing the method of weaving thefabric through the slotted plate, and showing the tongue used forattachmg the hose supporter or other device; Fig. 3, a perspective ofthe plate of the present 111- vention; Fig. 4, a front view of the platewith a portion of the fabric cut away to show the relative arrangementof the fabric and the slots; and Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 1,showing the position assumed by the plate when it is bent by reason ofstrain Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 24, 1911.

Patented July 15, 1913.

Serial No. 656,359.

being placed upon the fabric. It is under stood that Figs. 2 to 5inclusive are drawn upon an enlarged scale and that the proportions aregreatly exaggerated.

The present invention, as heretofore stated, is for a slotted platewhich is used in conjunction with a strip of webbing or similar fabricto hold one end of the same in secured position, and to provide for theattachment of some other device to the webbing. In its use withsuspending straps, the plate is intended to hold in position one end ofan elastic webbing and to provide for the attachment of the hosesupporter parts to said webbing without a stitching operation, orwithout penetration of the elastic fabric by prongs, or otherwise, itbeing known in the art that the puncturing of the elastic section causesa severance of the elastic strands and thus shortens the life of thewebbing.

The device comprises a plate 6, having an upper slot 7, an intermediateslot 8, and a lower slot 9 formed therein. It will be noted that theintermediate slot 8 is of shorter length than the slots 7 and 9. This isfor the purpose of creating friction between the plate and fabric.Obviously, by reducing the length of the slot, when the fabric is woventhrough this slot, it will be crimped or bent so that the frictionalengagement will be amplified. By referring to Fig. 2, the method ofweaving the fabric through the slots will be clearly understood. Thefabric is first inserted in the slot 7 and is then drawn downward andentered into the slot 9. Thence it passes upwardly through the slot 7and is looped to pass through the intermediate slot 8, and the end isfinally placed against the fabric extending from the lower to the upperslots.

The formation of the slots in the plate produces an upper bar 10, alower bar 11, and intermediate bars 12. The fabric, as will be seen fromFig. 2, is looped around the upper of the intermediate bars 12, and theend of the fabric rests between the lower of the intermediate bars 12and the webbing. By this arrangement, the fabric is bent so that astrain tending to pull it from the plate will be resisted by friction ofthe woven parts of the fabric.

As heretofore stated, the met-a1 of which the plate is composed ispliable. This is a very important point in the present invention, sinceit has been found that it is a matter of difiiculty to obtain sufiicientfriction upon the fabric only by the weaving of the fabric to preventthe fabric from pulling out from the plate when placed under strain, andfrequently prongs or other auxiliary devices have been used to insurethe firm holding of the fabric upon the plate. By the use of a platecomposed of pliable metal, when strain is placed upon the fabric,certain of the bars of the plate are forced into a position so that theslots between said bars are contracted, the contraction of the slots, ofcourse, binding the fabric more closely to the plate, and henceincreasing the frictional holding of the fabric by the plate. This willbe clearly understood from a study of Fig. 5 of the drawings. From thisfigure, it will be seen that the two intermediate bars 12 have been benttoward one another by the strain of the fabric, contracting theintermediate slot 8. By referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that whenstrain is placed upon the fabric, the tendency of the strain will beupwardly on the lower intermediate bar 12 and down wardly on the upperintermediate bar 12, forcing these two bars toward one another. Thegreater the strain placed on the fabric, the greater will be themovement of these bars toward one another, and the greater thecontraction of the intermediate slot 8, and thus a greater frictionwill. be exerted, tending to hold the fabric in engagement with theplate. Hence, simply by reason of the character of the metal of whichthe plate is formed, a device is produced which is amply capable ofinsuring against the fabric pulling out from the plate under theinfluence of strain. It is understood that the metal used must be of anature so that it will not break, but will simply bend.

The lower slot 9 is of an excess depth for a portion thereof, asindicated at 13. This is to permit, when the device is used with asuspending strap, of the connection to the plate of a webbing 14, towhich a hos-e supporter 15 is attached. The plate is further providedwith a depending ear 16, which may be bent to provide a loop 17, bywhich is secured a portion of the garment supporter. By providing theear upon the plate, and configuring it in a loop in the mannerdescribed, the separate link mem ber which has heretofore been utilizedfor connecting the hose supporter to the plate is eliminated. Theelimination of this part, together with the operation which mustnecessarily be gone through with to place it in position, results in areduction in the cost of producing the completed article, and,furthermore, provides a more rigid and reliable means for attaching theparts together.

Applicant, in employing the term pliable, desires it to be understoodthat said term means a bendable, non-resilient metal in the nature of'certain kinds of wire made from soft metal, and means, to define amaterial which will bend under strain and remain bent after the strainis relieved.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a plate formed withupper, lower, and intermediate slots, strips of metal between theintermediate and upper, and intermediate and lower slots, made of asoft, pliable, nonresilient metal, and forming the sole fabric grippingmeans of said device the fabric when woven through said slots extendingaround said pliable strips, the strain on said fabric configuring saidstrips to bring them into tighter engagement with the fabric, suchengagement remaining in effect when said strain is relieved, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a plate formed withupper, lower,

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